Box spring for beds and the like



S. LAVEZZI.

BOX SPRING FOR BEDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I2, 192l- Patented Apr. 1 8, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- S. J. LAVEZZI.

BOX SPRING FOR BEDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12. 1 921.

11,41 2,8790 Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- ran srar SAMUEL 3'. LAVEZZI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOX SPRING- FOR BEDS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed May 12,

T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. Lnvnzzr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box Springs for Beds and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to box springs such as used for beds and the like, and the ob ject thereof is to provide a box spring with means such as depending sides for concealing the bed rails on which the box spring is supported, such depending sides being preferably hinged in order to prevent injury or damage in the handling and transportation of the box springs. My invention has relation more particularly to that type of a bed known as a day bed, on which no cover or valance is used, especially along the sides, in which event an exposed side rail of the bed frame would give an unsightly appearance. According to my invention the bed spring itself is provided with depending sides, which not only conceal the side rails of the bed but also gives the same appearance and finish as the outside covering of the box spring. 7

in the drawings Fig/1 is a perspective of a day bed showing a box spring embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a bottom plan of the bed, Figs. 3, l and 5 detail'views of certain portions of the box spring. l 6 a cross section on a larger scale of the bed and box spring, and Fig. 7 an end elevation of the box spring removed.

Referring to the particular embodimentof my invention as herein shown, the bed frame comprises the two end frames'1l which, in the case of a day bed, are of the same size, and side rails 2-2. The box spring proper, indicated at 3, is of the usual construction and is provided with the usual central depending portion a and the longi tudinal side members 5 which rest upon the rails 52.

The box spring is provided along its sides with two depending portions or flaps 6 which are preferably pivoted as by means of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 469,023.

hinges 7 to the underside of the members 5 so as to swing inwardly as shown in Fig. 5. These flaps are of a width'less than the width of the space between the outer edges of the depending portion and the body portion of the box spring whereby the same are accommodated when swung inwardly as shown in Fig. 5. The box spring is covered with a suitable covering, and the same kind of covering is provided for the flaps 6. In use the flaps depend as shown in Fig. 6 but when the box spring is being transported the flaps are folded inwardly thereby avoiding all danger of injury to these flaps.

Thus, these flaps not only conceal the side rails 93 but give a decorative efiect as provided by the covering applied thereto, which is usually the same as the covering of the box spring proper.

I claim:

1. A box spring for a bed, comprising a body portion adapted to be supported by bed rails and having depending rigid sides concealing the side rails.

2. A box spring for a bed, comprising a body portion adapted to be supported by bed rails and having depending sides concealing the side rails, said side being hinged to the body portion.

3. A box spring having a body portion supported by bed rails and having a central depending portion, said body portion having depending sides parallel. to the sides of such central portion and concealing the side rails.

A box spring having a body portion supported by bed rails and having a central depending portion, said body portion having depending sides parallel to the sides of such central portion and concealing the side rails, said depending sides being hinged to such body portion and foldable inwardly towards the central portion.

5. A box spring for a bed, comprising a body portion adapted to be supported by bed rails and having depending sides concealing the side rails, said body portion and depending sides having coverings thereon.

SAMUEL J. LAVEZZI. 

